cleanTaxonomy: Clean taxonomic names
In velociraptr: Fossil Analysis

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Removes NAs and subgenera from the genus column.

1	cleanTaxonomy(Data, Taxonomy = "genus")

`Data`	A data frame of taxonomic ocurrences downloaded from the paleobiology database API.
`Taxonomy`	A character string

Will remove NA's and subgenera from the genus column of a PBDB dataset. It can also be used on other datasets of similar structure to convert species names to genus, or remove NAs.

Will return a data frame identical to the original, but with the genus column cleaned.

Andrew A. Zaffos

# Download a test dataset of Cenozoic bivalves.
# DataPBDB<-downloadPBDB(Taxa="Bivalvia",StartInterval="Cenozoic",StopInterval="Cenozoic")

# Clean up the genus column.
# CleanedPBDB<-cleanTaxonomy(DataPBDB,"genus")

velociraptr documentation built on Aug. 1, 2019, 1:05 a.m.